I currently have a headcold, and combined with this summer’s bout of hayfever, my nose and eyes have been a little runny over the past few weeks. However, I do not see this as a reason to complain, but simply marvel once more at the human body, and its apparant ability to defy all odds. Let us take bogey for a start:
Bogey, snot, mucus, nose juice, whatever you want to call it - its a remarkable substance. basic physics tells us that objects melt when they heat up, and solidify when they cool down. Bogey is the opposite. Your nose will run during the winter when it is colder. Physicists also tell us that energy cannot be created nor destroyed, and perpetual motion does not exist - yet bogey is completely replenshable, an endless supply is produced from your nostrils regardless of the amount of tissue one shoves up there to reduce the nasal flow.
I searched the web, and found this recipie for bogey:
Ingredients:
1/2 - 1 pound fresh okra (a vegetable found in the grocery store)
1 -2 cups water (the less water you add the thicker your mucus will be)
Instructions:
1. Chop the okra into large pieces and place them in a saucepan with a tight-fitting lid.
2. Boil the okra, about10 - 15 minutes, until it is a dark grayish-green and very soft.
3. Turn off the stove and remove the lid. Let your slimy substance cool.
4. Strain the slimy mess into a bowl and discard the okra.
5. Run your fingers through the remaining slimy broth.
Now, i’ve never had Okra, yet alone a 1lb of it per day - is there a small man sitting in my head using Tesco Online to receive delivery of said vegetable and produce the substance contained within my head? If they are - surely, their initiative could be put to better use - perhaps a machine for turning belly button fluff into usable fuel? I shall have stern words with him this evening.
